One Germany Now Possible, Official Says
Foreign Minister Gyula Horn said Saturday he believes current changes in East Germany may lead to unity with West Germany and dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military alliances.
“Resolution of the German issue can provide for simultaneous dismantling of the two military blocs,” Horn told a news conference after talks with the foreign ministers of Austria, Yugoslavia and Italy on regional cooperation.
“In my understanding this process has been started by the recent events in East Germany,” he added.
Horn cautioned that there was “a long way to go” before German reunification could become a reality, including international guarantees on retaining frontiers.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar said there was no doubt that one German nation existed. “But we still have two German states and two blocs.”
He hoped the problem would be resolved in the process of creating a “common European home.”
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